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Only sleeping children get fat faster

Only sleeping children get fat faster

According to recent American research, children under the age of five who do not get enough sleep have a greater chance of becoming obese at a young age.

Obesity
A third of American children are overweight and as many as 17 percent of children in the United States are obesity (extremely overweight). And these numbers only seem to be increasing.

In the most recent US study, scientists looked at data from 2,000 American children, including factors such as exercise and the weight of the parents. This showed a strong correlation between children's short night's sleep in the first five years of life and developing obesity † Knowing more?

The results were first published Monday in the journal Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. published.